1960 Topps #389 1959 World Series Game #5 - Luis Swipes Base
'Luis Swipes Base' — Luis Aparicio steals, with a famous cameo by Maury Wills, who wouldn't get a Topps card of his own until 1967.
Cards #375-440 were printed on two back stocks, white and gray. White is the scarcer of the two, and the difference is the tint of the cardboard on the reverse — it is a stock variation, not a design change, so both backs read identically.
About this card
Cards #385-391 recap the 1959 World Series between the Dodgers and the White Sox - the first World Series subset ever printed in a baseball set.
The players on this card
Card #389 headlines Luis Aparicio swiping a bag as Maury Wills - years before his own 1967 Topps debut - takes the late throw, but the pictured steal never happened in Game Five. The wire photo Topps used is dated October 5, from Game Four, when Aparicio walked and stole second leading off; in Game Five he was actually thrown out trying to stretch a single into a double. What really happened October 6 at the Coliseum: Bob Shaw outdueled Sandy Koufax, 1-0, with Chicago's lone run scoring on a fourth-inning double play, and Dick Donovan closing it out in relief. The White Sox win, before a World Series-record crowd of 92,706, sent the Series back to Chicago with Los Angeles still ahead three games to two. Wills, playing shortstop that day, wouldn't get his own Topps card until 1967.
Sources: SABR BioProject
Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 493 | 0 | 16 | 110 | 158 | 90 | 49 | 66 | 4 |
| SGC | 54 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Snapshot 2026-08-20. Half-grades fold down (8.5→8), and PSA's qualified grades are counted separately from the straight-grade rows shown here. Neither grader separates the white and gray back stocks on this card, so the counts below cover both. The Venezuelan issue, the 1960 Topps Tattoos and Bazooka are separate products and are not counted here.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1960 Topps #389 card?
It is card #389 of the 572-card 1960 Topps Baseball set, picturing 1959 World Series Game #5 - Luis Swipes Base. Cards #385-391 recap the 1959 World Series between the Dodgers and the White Sox - the first World Series subset ever printed in a baseball set.
Does #389 come with a white or a gray back?
Both. Cards #375-440 were printed on two back stocks and white is the scarcer of the two. Neither PSA nor SGC separates them in its population report, so the graded counts on this page cover both stocks together.
How many cards are in the 1960 Topps Baseball set?
572 cards, numbered 1-572, issued in seven series - the last Topps flagship printed entirely horizontally. Cards #375-440 exist on two back stocks, white and gray, which collectors chasing every printed variety count as 638 pieces of cardboard in all.
Sources: Trading Card Database, Cardboard Connection, the PSA price guide, Baseball-Reference, the SABR BioProject and the National Baseball Hall of Fame, PSA & SGC population reports. Card data compiled and maintained by T206Cards.com. Page last updated 2026-08-20.